Chapter 886: Awakening Plan

In the conference room of Congress, Senator Cleveland sat in his seat smoking, looking at some intelligence collected from the Xiang Yalan region.

Since they decided to take action against the Xiang Yalan region, it was impossible not to do any preliminary investigation and just rush over foolishly.

Starting last year, Congress began to infiltrate the Xiang Yalan region through the Department of Defense and the Federal Intelligence Agency. Some intelligence personnel had already entered the Xiang Yalan region.

As a poor, backward, and very chaotic place on the planet, Xiang Yalan had people of various colors, so it was not strange for the Federation's intelligence personnel to lurk in.

According to unofficial statistics, some countries in the Xiang Yalan region were actually countries that developed country tourists thought they must visit once in their lifetime.

Of course, it wasn't because the scenery here was how good-looking, just because the girls here were worthless, didn't need to spend money, and just needed simple chatting to bring one or several girls back to the hotel.

They called this place "a place of romantic encounters," but there were also those who called it "the capital of flesh and desire" or "the delivery room of nature."

So, it was not strange for some foreign guys to appear here.

Senator Cleveland looked at these intelligence materials, his brows slightly knitted.

From some of the content, starting from the beginning of the year, these countries seemed to have signs of contact, but until now the intelligence department hadn't given any substantive reports.

This might have something to do with the fact that it was very difficult for these Federation intelligence personnel to come into contact with the Xiang Yalan upper class.

These ruling groups in Xiang Yalan basically originated from roles like initial tribal chiefs, and they were hereditary, and they only trusted their own people.

In the entire Xiang Yalan eleven countries, basically, you couldn't see the faces of outsiders, and the regime was firmly held by local powerful families.

It was basically impossible for an outsider to enter the ruling group.

In the process of flipping through the materials, some government officials began to enter.

The last one to come in was the President's Chief of Staff. The President was also very concerned about this problem.

If he could expand the territory for the Federation during his tenure, then maybe his portrait would also be printed on the Federation's banknotes!

Top politicians in the Federation occasionally, after satisfying their greedy appetites, would also have some ambitions that politicians, or statesmen, should have—changing the world!

So he sent his Chief of Staff over. If he wasn't very busy now, and it wasn't very suitable to appear here, he would have come himself.

After everyone sat down, people's eyes looked at Senator Cleveland, because this meeting was initiated by him.

"The document is in front of you. Just received a piece of news: the Xiang Yalan eleven countries are going to form a 'Xiang Yalan National United Alliance' to confront some of our subsequent actions."

"You guys look at the document first."

He just introduced it simply, and others subsequently began to read the documents in front of them.

Everyone had a copy, and the content was the same.

In the document, some key points were outlined with pens of different colors, which could more effectively facilitate people's reading.

For example, green represented a small amount of reading value, yellow represented a certain reading value, orange represented the need to read, and the last red—must be read carefully.

With these marked paragraphs, those contents without value would be ignored.

Reading all these documents together would take at least half an hour, but with such assistance, it could be read in seven or eight minutes, and it was a very profound reading, getting the things they wanted.

After everyone put down the documents in their hands, Senator Cleveland began to say, "The Xiang Yalan National United Alliance has a great impact on our subsequent strategy in Xiang Yalan. Before the Xiang Yalan Alliance formally appears, we need to determine some things."

The President's Chief of Staff nodded. He flipped through a few more pages of the document casually. Compared to looking for some content, it was more like a casual action.

"Is there any way to stop the establishment of this Xiang Yalan National United Alliance?"

"For example...", he let go of his hand, letting the documents overlap with a *rustle*, "through some human intervention methods, let them fail to reach a consensus?"

Senator Cleveland shook his head. "I'm not sure if it can be done, and how to do it."

"The document here mentions a point: except for a few countries, the regimes of more than half of the countries in Xiang Yalan are held by ruling groups, not by rulers."

"This means that even if we find a way to solve a ruler, there will be a second ruler, a third ruler appearing, breaking our plan."

He flipped to a certain page of the document and said the page number. Subsequently, people all flipped to this page and saw the list of ruling groups of the eleven countries.

Just as Senator Cleveland said, like a country like Lapa, on the surface its ruler is the President, but in fact, a total of four families control Lapa, not the President alone.

"I actually considered this problem, crossing the names of these people off this list, but this also exists a problem."

"As long as we can't kill them all in a very short time, then like a country with four or five, five or six rulers, the power in the hands of the remaining rulers will get a huge increase."

"They will more resolutely oppose us, to more resolutely maintain their own interests!"

"This is not a good idea to use some means to kill them directly. Doing so will only anger the Xiang Yalan people."

"Even if we don't like our President, I also believe that no one is willing to see others come to kill him!"

In the room, including the President's Chief of Staff, couldn't help but laugh out loud, because what Senator Cleveland said was a truth.

The President is indeed not likable. His first term can be said to be the result of political compromise.

In the years that the Socialist Party has been in power, the Federation's economy has been declining, and all aspects have been becoming terrible, so his approval rating is not very high.

He used some means to continue until now. There are many people in Congress who don't like him. Some people feel he is a lucky clown, and some people feel he is a fool pretending to be smart.

But if at this time, someone from another country says, "I'll help you kill this fool!", then the person who said this, and the person who really went to implement it, he and his country would become enemies of the Federation.

Just like many people in Xiang Yalan don't necessarily like their ruling group, but if the Federation really forcefully invades their homeland through military means, occupies their territory, and kills their rulers.

They will also be full of hatred for the Federation, thereby forming a long-term hatred confrontation.

This is not what the Federation wants. What they want is a stable Xiang Yalan, rich mineral resources, and obedient human resources.

These gentlemen in the room are not amateur politicians who hold a salary of 43.5 dollars on the assembly line in the factory but worry about Congress all day long. They can interpret many things.

So Senator Cleveland's words gained the recognition of some people.

While people were chatting and discussing in low voices, the Speaker of the House had some small movements. He shook his head, his shoulders raised a bit, making people notice him.

"If we don't consider using military force directly, can we let some pro-Federation politicians come to power through our way and let them play important roles."

"By letting them become important officials of the Xiang Yalan National United Alliance, or even the chairman, to create internal opinion division in the Xiang Yalan region?"

"Some people don't like us, then there must be people who like us, and I believe that there are more people who like the Federation, like us, than those who don't like us."

"We actually have a very good foundation, just lacking some people to guide people and release people's emotions and energy!"

"It's too terrible for us to do it with them, then let them do it with themselves. What do you think?"

This proposal is very constructive. Senator Cleveland also discussed with the Senator Speaker beside him for a while, and both felt that there was some possibility of operation.

The main reason was that they knew this news too late.

If, when a ruler who proposed to form a Xiang Yalan community just had this idea, this sign, military means were used to solve them.

Not letting this "dangerous" thought spread, then there would be no problem.

Now this thought has spread, and it should have received certain support and market. Taking action against anyone again is equal to dealing with the entire Xiang Yalan region.

The price to pay is too big, and the harvest is too small.

Now the Federation's main focus is still on the war on the Tanfite continent, and the power struggle behind the war.

They don't have so much energy to take care of the Xiang Yalan region. After all, compared to the layout of the whole world, this small piece of land at the door cannot occupy their main energy now.

Plus the Federation government doesn't intend to expose its ugly face to the world, they have to think of other ways.

Senator Cleveland held a positive attitude toward this idea of the Speaker of the House. "The person who provided me with information this time is the diplomatic ambassador of Lapa to the Federation."

When they heard the Senator say this source of information, they all felt a bit incredible. After all, being able to become a diplomatic ambassador is often the kind of person who is relatively "loyal" to the country.

At least, in the past period of time, they had this country in their hearts, and responsibility.

An ambassador taking the initiative to lean over is indeed a bit unexpected.

He said while looking at the Chief of Staff. "This might need your help, help him and his family naturalize as soon as possible."

The Chief of Staff was stunned for a moment, then nodded and agreed. "This matter is easy."

The Senator continued to say, "Very good. If they don't oppose becoming Federation citizens, I believe this matter will soon have a result."

"In addition, thank you for your reminder, Ambassador Cassia."

Senator Cleveland told more people this news, and soon they gathered together to talk about how to deal with it.

Some people thought they could let this Xiang Yalan National United Alliance be established, but they could find ways to support those who leaned toward the Federation to become important officials of the Xiang Yalan Alliance, or even the chairman!

This would be of great help to the Federation's more comprehensive invasion and infiltration of Xiang Yalan.

Others opposed the appearance of the Xiang Yalan Alliance. A political group with a strong purpose would make their work of annexing Xiang Yalan more and more troublesome!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 887 =====

"After they occupy high positions in the ruling group and the Alliance, when we decide to take action against Xiang Yalan, they will not only be able to provide us with a lot of classified intelligence, but they can also help us appease the public sentiment."

"Ultimately, what we need is to turn them into new states of the Federation, rather than turning them into our enemies."

"What do you all think?"

The others discussed it in low voices for a while and concluded that there was no problem with Senator Cleveland's proposal.

The fact that these Xiang Yalan countries had formed an alliance had indeed exceeded the Federation's expectations, and this had also caused great trouble for annexation.

Since it cannot be swallowed now, there is no rush to annex; first, fatten ourselves up, and then come back to annex them.

This plan was originally proposed by the Speaker of the House and refined by Senator Cleveland, so he certainly would not object.

The President of the Senate also had no thoughts of opposition, because this method was indeed very secure.

The Chief of Staff did not object either, and the others were even less likely to object.

"Then let's confirm this matter for now; you need to have a written document so I can take it to Mr. President."

This kind of national-level strategy certainly involves a lot of resource mobilization and personnel deployment, which requires Mr. President's signature.

Although Congress could execute this plan without going through Mr. President, doing so would not be very good after all.

As long as there are no irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides, they should respect each other.

The discussion ended quickly, mainly because they didn't have any good way to interfere, and not being so aggressive at this time would prevent triggering an anti-federal wave in the Xiang Yalan region.

After the meeting ended and he returned to his estate, Senator Cleveland thought for a while and decided to give Lanse a call.

In the original plan, he had arranged for Lanse to go over, but now the situation might have some changes, and he had to let Lanse know.

Lanse's phone was certainly easy to get through; it only rang twice before the call was answered.

Lanse's voice also appeared in the receiver, steady and powerful, "I am Lanse."

"It's me."

"Senator?"

"Yes, you didn't recognize the wrong person; my voice shouldn't be that easy to mistake!"

He paused, "Have you contacted Cassia yet?"

"That Lapa friend of yours."

Lanse didn't know what had happened for a moment, "We haven't been in contact during this time, what's wrong?"

The Senator explained what had happened, "So some plans might change now; originally my idea was to let you go over and do some 'business,' but now it seems this plan won't work."

If there were no Alliance and they remained in chaos, Lanse might really have had a chance to overthrow a country's regime and then push it toward the Federation.

But now the emergence of the Alliance has changed all this; even if Lapa's ruling group were finished, as long as the Alliance is still there, they could interfere with the internal affairs of the Lapa region through their own methods to achieve a stabilizing effect.

The role of Lanse, including the choices of others, is actually not that significant in these matters anymore.

Lanse listened to what he said seriously, and after carefully analyzing it for a while, he did not show any disappointment.

"Senator, actually I think this is no different from the past; it's just that the things we need to do also need a corresponding upgrade."

"In the past, my idea was to let that guy Gomez become an ambitious coup plotter, but now it's clear that this plan is no longer suitable."

"Once Gomez shows ambition, he will be suppressed by the eleven countries."

"The Xiang Yalan Alliance can suppress any ambitious person, but they cannot suppress the people, Senator."

The sound of a lighter came from the receiver, along with the slight crackling sound of dry tobacco being ignited, and then, after a "whoosh" of exhaled air, the Senator's voice came through—

"Tell me in detail."

Senator Cleveland vaguely realized that Lanse had once again grasped the "correct answer"!

Honestly, this was astonishing.

He was often unwilling to admit that there were geniuses, mainly because he hadn't seen anyone who could consistently amaze him until he saw Lanse.

"Mr. Senator, the people are like the ocean, boundless, and the rulers are the ships sailing on the surface of the sea."

"When the ruling groups of the eleven Xiang Yalan countries form a fleet, any single small boat or enemy ship that appears around them will only face the fate of being sunk."

"But they are no match for the sea; they are on top of the sea, and the seawater supports them, but it can also swallow them up!"

"Those who oppose them are ambitious people like Gomez; they have a clear goal."

"But what if those who oppose them are their own people?"

"When their people are desperate to overthrow them, the more they kill, the higher the people's anger rises, and the stronger their desire to overthrow them becomes!"

"If they don't resist, they will be overthrown."

"If they do resist, they will only perish faster; that is my idea, Mr. Senator."

Senator Cleveland took another big drag of his cigarette; he didn't exhale it immediately, but instead fell into thought.

After a while, he exhaled the smoke and asked, "Then what exactly do you plan to do?"

Lanse thought for a moment, "When people don't have enough to eat, don't have warm clothes to wear, have no jobs, and have no hope, but the people who rule them live lives they wouldn't dare to imagine through oppression and exploitation, the people will loathe them."

"Then it only takes a small push to put them, the ruling group, in opposition to the people, and the people will overturn them!"

"Of course, this isn't something that can be done in a day or two; this is a long-term job and strategy, a year or two?"

"Or even longer."

"But I believe its effect will be very good."

The Senator took another drag of his cigarette, "Sounds great, does it have a name?"

"If I have to introduce it to others, I need to have a title."

"Yes, Senator, it has a name—"

"The Awakening Plan!"

(End of chapter)